Indigenous Seafood Supply Conference

Speakers for this event

• Alli Cheng

  Alli Cheng

  Grant Thornton

  Based out from Grant Thornton’s Nanaimo office, Alli Cheng helps organizations across Vancouver Island thrive by understanding their unique needs and delivering appropriate solutions to tackle challenges and unlock opportunities. With nearly a decade of Canadian taxation experience and completion of the CPA In-Depth Tax Program, she works with Indigenous organizations, owner-managed businesses, NPOs, and various charities to problem-solve complex issues and ease the burden of compliance and reporting. As a candidate of the Tax Estate Planning program through STEP Canada, Alli hopes to broaden her skillset in the areas of trust and estate planning to help families plan for their future.

• Charlie Cootes

  Charlie Cootes

  NEDC Board Chair

• Craig Fisztner

  Craig Fisztner

• Dave Moore

  Dave Moore

• Denise Martineau

  Denise Martineau

  NEDC

• Fiona MacRaild

  Fiona MacRaild

  Native Fishing Association

• Katrin Harry

  Katrin Harry

  ABM Facilitator

  Advanced Business Match

  ABM Facilitator

• Lance Dodding

  Lance Dodding

• Lauren Dean

  Lauren Dean

  Facilitator

  Ha'oom Fisheries Society

  Facilitator

• Leona Humchitt

  Leona Humchitt

• Pete Wideski

  Pete Wideski

• Saul Milne

  Saul Milne

  Facilitator

  Ha'oom Fisheries Society

  Facilitator

• Stephen Dennis

  Stephen Dennis

  NAAS Foods Inc

• Tara Benham

  Tara Benham

  Grant Thornton

  As national tax leader at Grant Thornton, Tara’s areas of focus span from complex tax analysis, planning and compliance to financial analysis, forecasting and accounting.Tara helps diverse organizations in numerous industries with complex business structuring, strategic planning, project management, business management and change management. She’s helped clients navigate the full business cycle—from start-up and growth to turnaround situations. Tara has extensive experience working with Indigenous clients and communities across Western Canada on complex tax structures. In addition, Tara co-authored a paper entitled Indigenous Taxation which was presented at the 2022 BC Tax Conference held by the Canadian Tax Foundation.

• Trent Sparrow

  Trent Sparrow

• Vishal Dewli

  Vishal Dewli